Buckle



W. AND M. G. WIENER.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION mm MAY 21. 1920.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

A TTOR/VE Y 5.

FU H E ITENT OFFICE.

1 BUCKIE.

' Application filed May 21,

- To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that we, .l/VILLIAM WIENER and MERVIN G. WIENER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Newark, in

5 the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This 'nvention relates in" general; to

bucklesiand more'particularly to a friction buckle whereby the belt, strap vor the like is held'fin adjusted position by frictional engagement rather than by-penetration 'o f anyportion of the buckle through the belt or strap; I

' The objects of'the invention are to pro- 'vide a buckle ofthe character described embodying novel" features of construction whereby a maximum amount of frictional engagement 'is obtained between'the buckle and belt 'or strap; to secure'with slots'in substantially the same plane such a tendency of the belt to'twist as givesincreased holding friction; to secure said tendency of the belt to'twi'st or bend transversely of its length'both outof its plane and in its plane; to secure double tendenoies to so twist, to provideta' buckle having slots therein arranged diagonally or obliquely of the beltfas it passes through the buckle; to thus ensure that as the belt threaded throughsaid slots isbrought under tension it is crimped along transverse lines extending, obliquely. or diagonally ofits. sls leng'th; whereby the'twisting action abovedescribed is secured; to obtain a one-piece buckle having a plurality of slots to "pro vide a belt end attaching bar, some of the edges of which slots are disposed diagonally 40 or obliquely of the belt, and to obtain other results and advantages as may be brought out by the following description.

I Referringto the accompanying drawing,

in which like'numerals of reference indicate Figure l is 'a plan view of ajbuckle emylng our invention; v

Figure 2 is'a similar fview showingabelt form of buckle embodying our invention; 5

and V v V V Figure 5 1s a sectlona lview taken on the S pectficat-ionhi Letters Patent. 7 1

'tion illustrated by.Figures ,1 to 3, inclusive;

under thebuckle at th'e'endthereof. 4 5 the same parts throughout the several views.

line 5+5 ofIFi'g. 4, showing belt" at, tached to and threaded through the'buc'kle;

In the specific'embodiment of theTinven-Z of the; drawings,the buckle; is shown formed 7' of a single piece of suitable material hsuch asj netal; horn" or the like, ;saidpiecef,of ii terial being provided witha transverse slot 2 therein which is arranged at substantially right angles to the longitudinal edges' "'of the buckle and substantially-midway'of"its I v 7 length; Adjacentfonefend'of he buckle-1 is formed a triangular "shaped; slot- 3,1 the lnner edgef l of ,1 which is jsubstantially parallel to the slot 2while the outer edgee thereof 'is disposed at untangle 'tofs'aid edge" 45 so as to extend diagonally orobliquelyfof the length of the buckle 1. j Aithirdi'slot .7 is arranged'adjacent the "oppositeend of the buckle, upon the side of the slot 2 opposite the slot 3, .saidslo't 7 being disposed-at an angle to the slot 3 and extending diagonally of, the buckleina reverseorcdiverg ng; r'eilati'on to saidYSlotEt. :Preferablyjthe 'slo't' i 7 'is inclined to the 'middlef'slQt"? at s'ubstantially the" same angle 'as the outer edge 3,

5 o f the slot 3, as shown." a

belt orstrap endattaching bar 8 i's formed between' theslots-2 and '3 to which one end 9' of a belt or fstrapivlO is preferably attache'd,lthe belt. end 9 being assed "foi-' war'dly through the'slot 3'frorn'the bacl the buckle over the bar-,8 mat returned through the slot 2 to li e'jflatcnpon theibody of the belt as shown by Fmrtja, and be jse'curedfthereto by sewingjor any other s'uiti able or well'known means; The free end 711 of the belt. after passing "-aroundithellper- .son o'robject to which jit is "tobe applied threaded "from the back of. the buckle for- 'wardly through th'e'slot 7 ;'over the{ front of the buckle andattached end '9, and' thefn backwardthrough the :Slot3 to project from When the belt thus threaded throughtlie slots; as shown in 'FiguresZjandS, is placed under tenslon whichiwould tend to "drawthe the belt tends to straighten and flatten in its plane and each foblique or diagonal bit; ing edge tends 'tobend the belt transversely out of its plane; theiefi'ect' of"this isffto cause the front sui fa'ce of the belt 'tofmore firmly engage the edge 5 of i the slot away [at the endof the slot gnearestgsaid-middle a ,v c, j'fron the middle transverse line of thebii'ckle, 1

. the belt and thus increased holding power.

Thus the effect of the oblique or diagonal arrangement of the slots, when the belt is placed under tension tending to straighten and flatten it in its plane, is the production ofadditional friction between the undersurfaces of the opposite ends of the buckle and the beltand between the ends of the belt, and thus'increase'd holding power, over that which would be obtained by transverse slots at right angles-to the belt. It. should also be noted that longer slots are obtained by arranging them diagonally, than if they were at' right angles to the length of the belt, and that greater friction surface, resulting in further increased biting friction, is secured in this way. In the modified form of our invention illustrated by Figures 4: and 5 of the draw- I cent the other end of the buckle a third slot 16' is formed, said slot being arranged substantially parallel to the diagonal edge 15of the slot 14 so as to extend diagonally of the buckle 12.

One end 17 of the belt 18 is fixed to the bar 19 between the slots 13 and 14 in a manner similar to that described in connection with Figures 1, 2 and 3,and the free end 20 of the belt is threaded from the rear of the buckle forwardly through the slot 16 over the front of the buckle and the fixed end 17 and returned through the slot 14. It will thus be seen that the construction and operation of this form of our buckle is substantially the same as that of the buckle shown in Figures 1 to 3, except that the diagonal edges of'the slots 14 and 16 are parallel instead of divergent. The difierence' in the results of this modified construction is that the tendencies to edgewise bending in the plane of the belt, imparted by the two par allel slots, are'in opposite directions or toward opposite edges of the belt, whereas the corresponding bending tendencies of the diverging'slots first described are in the same direction or toward thesanie edgeof'the belt. .The results of the two constructions are believed to be the same in all other respects, but the two forms are shown to illustrate that our invention may be embodied in many various forms, so long as diagonal biting edges are present.

Obviously buckles constructed in accordance with our invention can be used for many different purposes and with various kinds of belts or straps of any material, for instance, with waist-line garment supporting belts, limb encircling garment support ers, baleties, driving belts, etc.; while the examples just given are all forms in which the belt or strap encircles something, we desire it clearly understood that our invention is just as applicable to use for connecting the meeting ends of straps which are attached at their other ends to separated points or objects, such for example as are found 1n many parts of harness for horses, in the retaining cross straps of a suit case, etc; In fact, our invention can be used for any purpose to which it can be adapted, and by the term buckle as used we mean any member made in accordance with or embodying our invention; the slots may be open at one end or closed as shown, and the .detail construc tion can be varied in many other ways without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. We do not desire to limit ourselves at all except as required by the following claims when construed in the light of the prior art.

Having thus described the lnventlon, what we claimis:

1. The combination of a buckle having a body portion with spaced slots transverse to the length of the buckle, said slots hav ng their edges farthest apart forming biting edges oblique to the length of the buckle, and a strap arranged in alinement wlth the length of the buckle and having a free end portion adapted to lie at one slde of the buckle body portion between said slots and passing to the other side of said body portion through said slots to extend in opposite directions in substantially the plane of the buckle lengthwise of the same and beyond it at both of its opposite ends.

2. The combination of a buckle having a body portion with spaced slots transverse to the length of the buckle, said slots having their edges farthest apart forming biting edges oppositely. oblique to the length of the buckle, and a strap arranged in alinement their edges farthest apart forming. biting edges oblique to the length of the buckle and said body portion having intermediate said slots strap-securing means, and a strap having'one end held by said securing means with the strap in alinement with the length of the buckle and having its other end por-' tion adapted to lie at one side of the buckle body portion between said slots and passing to the other side of said body portion through said slots to extend in opposite directions in substantially the plane of the buckle lengthwise of the same and beyond it at both of its opposite ends.

4. A buckle having a body portion with spaced slots transverse to the length of the buckle and adapted to receive a strap lying at one side of said body portion between said slots and passing to the other side of the body portion through said slots to extend in opposite directions in approximately the plane of the buckle, said slots having their buckle.

5. A buckle with a body portion having a middle slot therein substantially. at right angles to the longitudinal edges thereof, a

triangular slot at one side of said 'middle slot having its edge next to the middle slot substantially parallel thereto, and a third slot at the opposite side of said slot from said triangular slot angularly disposed with respect to-said middle slot.

7 WILLIAM WIENER.

MERVIN G. WIENER. 

